Unit 8: Renewable & Non-renewable Energy Extra Credit

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Across
  1. 3. aka solar panels
  2. 7. A turbine spins a ___ to produce electricity
  3. 8. fuels made from biomass (corn,ethanol)
  4. 10. leftover rock & soil from mining may have radioactive elements that can contaminate water or soil nearby
  5. 12. term for renewable energy that can run out from overuse, ex biomass (wood, ethanol)
  6. 13. liquid fossil fuel
  7. 14. the greenhouse gas that is emitted from burning fossil fuels
  8. 17. when mining, this is restoring the land
  9. 18. site of nuclear accident in the Ukraine,several deaths
  10. 19. the rig where an explosion happened,killing eleven, in the Gulf of Mexico
  11. 20. drilling and pumping is how what non-renewable resource is extracted
  12. 21. site of nuclear accident in Japan
  13. 23. meaning Earth
  14. 24. methane gas leaks is from which non-renewable resource
  15. 26. meaning related to heat
  16. 29. site of nuclear accident in US, no deaths
  17. 31. a water impoundment, built in a river, creating a large lake behind it
  18. 32. organic matter burned to release heat and make energy (wood, charcoal)
  19. 33. Energy source that uses moving water to spin the turbine directly
Down
  1. 1. The amount of time it takes for 50% of a radioactive substance to decay is called..
  2. 2. sulfuric acid and nitric acid combined with water lead to this kind of precipitation...
  3. 4. how natural gas is extracted
  4. 5. spent fuel rods of radiation are kept here..
  5. 6. Which energy will never run out - because it can be replaced
  6. 9. ___ cars use both gasoline and electric batteries. These cars have the best mileage rating of all cars
  7. 11. The source that enables salmon to be captured or directed into a tube that carries them over the dam
  8. 15. the gas released from nuclear energy, it's not carbon dioxide
  9. 16. term for renewable energy that won't run out from overuse (wind, solar)
  10. 22. the source of solar power
  11. 25. energy created from heat below the Earth's surface
  12. 27. The name of the gases in the atmosphere that trap in heat
  13. 28. fossil fuel created on land from organic matter
  14. 30. Energy source that uses the heat or light energy from the Sun to form electricity